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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Hells Angel fires lawyer in BC Supreme Court

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, (March 13, 2018) BTN — The trial of an
Edmonton Hells Angel and two associates scheduled for April will be delayed as
the three fired their lawyer in BC Supreme Court in Chilliwack on Monday.

Neil Patrick Cantrill – who goes by “Nitro” in a Nomads
Chapter of the Alberta Hells Angels – is charged with aggravated assault,
kidnapping without the use of a firearm, unlawful confinement or imprisonment,
extortion, attempting to choke to overcome resistance, and possession of
non-firearm knowing unauthorized.

Charged alongside Cantrill in the alleged incident from Hope
in August 2016 is Stephen Cantrill and Robert Lowry. A publication ban prevents any details of the case to be
reported at this time.

The matter was scheduled to go to trial on April 9, but the
Edmonton-based lawyer for the men, Jake Chadi, appeared via telephone in
Chilliwack on March 12 to apply to be removed from the case as the Cantrills
and Lowry want a new lawyer. Biker TrashNetwork

“My clients have lost confidence in my services,” Chadi
said.

The three men said they are looking for a local lawyer, and
should have one by next week but there would not be enough time for he or she
to get up to speed by the April 9 court date.

Crown counsel Grant Lindsey pointed out any further delay in
the case is as a result of defence so the Jordan principle, which addresses
court delays, would not be in effect.

Neil Cantrill, 59, has a long history with the courts, and
was once convicted of illegal possession of live rattlesnakes and fined $1,000.

In 1998, he faced much more serious charges after a man
claimed three men, one in Angels colours, stormed his home and forced him to
hand over property for a debt, according to a Jan. 28, 2001 article in the
Edmonton Sun. Those charges were later stayed.

And according to Vancouver Sun gang reporter Kim Bolan,
Cantrill was accused of a large methamphetamine production operation nine years
ago in Alberta. He was alleged to have supplied the White Boy Posse.

In 2003, he faced further weapons and drug charges that were
later dropped due to an invalid warrant, Bolan wrote in 2016 in her blog on
gangsters.